Herrmann seemed to understand Hitchcock's inner complexities, and became a comforting influence on and off the screen. On the screen Bernard Herrmann became the musical voice the director had sought for years, a seamless expansion of the director's complicated psyche, manifested perfectly in all of its psycho-sexual nuance. In 1958 Alfred Hitchcock created his masterpiece, VERTIGO. Based upon the novel D'Entre les Morts by Pierre Boileau and Thomas Narcejac VERTIGO was, itself, a modern variation of the Tristan myth upon which Richard Wagner based his opera, Tristan and Isolde.

In this episode, West returns to the composer/director collaboration of Bernard Herrmann and Alfred Hitchcock to play music from their 1958 film Vertigo. Music in this episode includes: "Prelude And Rooftop" "Carlotta's Portrait" "Farewell, The Tower" "The Nightmare" "Scene D'Amour" "Finale" All music composed by Bernard Herrmann and conducted by Muir Mathieson

VERTIGO – Bernard Herrmann. 100 greatest scores of all time. Alfred Hitchcock had earlier taken notice of French authors Pierre Boileau and Thomas Narcejac but was frustrated in a failed bid to secure film rights to one of their novels. When they published their next book in 1954, D’entre les Morts (From Among The Dead), Hitchcock would not be denied and resolutely purchased the film rights.

Stylotone in association with The Bernard Herrmann Estate, The Hitchcock Trust and Universal Picturesis proud to announce the World Premiere Release of. Bernard Herrmann The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack: Psycho. two of the most iconic music cues in cinema history, these are a remarkable testament to the genius of the Master of Film Music, Bernard Herrmann. Bernard Herrmann taxi driver (original soundtrack reissue). 180g yellow 2lp + booklet - £4. 9. a full repress of one of the most iconic soundtracks of all time - herrmann somehow manages to capture all of that paranoid menace perfectly, mirroring de niro.